Best Thing on TV all Year?

Not The 3rd in the Cornetto Trilogy but good enough

Kung Fu Elvis

From Wikipedia ..

Presley was by now performing in a jumpsuit, which would become a trademark of his live act. During this engagement, he was threatened with murder unless $50,000 was paid. Presley had been the target of many threats since the 1950s, often without his knowledge. The FBI took the threat seriously and security was stepped up for the next two shows. Presley went onstage with a Derringer in his right boot and a .45 pistol in his waistband, but the concerts went off without incident

In January 1973, four men rushed onto the stage in an apparent attack. Security men leapt to Presley's defence, and the singer's karate instinct took over as he ejected one invader from the stage himself. Following the show, he became obsessed with the idea that the men had been sent by Mike Stone to kill him. Though they were shown to have been only over exuberant fans, he raged, "There's too much pain in me ... Stone [must] die."

(Stone was linked to Pricilla during thier divorce)

His outbursts continued with such intensity that a physician was unable to calm him, despite administering large doses of medication. After another two full days of raging, Red West, his friend and bodyguard, felt compelled to get a price for a contract killing and was relieved when Presley decided, "Aw hell, let's just leave it for now. Maybe it's a bit heavy."

When it All Goes Wrong - listen to Bill Shatner . . .

Its not all Acid Blood and Pulling off Heads

I told you 3D was bad

From the Wall Street Journal

Major U.S. movie-theater chains, seeking to capitalize on the surge in revenues fueled by such 3-D hits as "Avatar" and "Alice in Wonderland," are imposing some of the steepest increases in ticket prices in at least a decade.

The new prices take effect Friday in many markets across the country in theaters owned by such major exhibitors as Regal Entertainment Group, Cinemark Holdings Inc. and AMC Entertainment Inc.

The increases, in one case as much as 26%, vary from theater to theater, but many cinemas are raising prices most—or even solely—for 3-D showings

If it Bleeds .......

Interview with 'Predators' Creators Robert Rodriguez And Nimrod Antal

http://www.cinematical.com/2010/03/22/interview-predators-creators-robert-rodriguez-and-nimrod-anta/

Old News Dredged Up

As an avid fan of the Mass Effect Series I have to wonder what Empire are playing at dredging this old story up.

http://www.empireonline.com/empireblogs/infinite-lives/post/p789

For those who don’t know, the original Mass effect courted controversy by including a story line path that caused the main character to bed a female member of the crew (whether she is human or alien). This wasn’t the main thing that caused moderates to start shouting though; it was the ability from the start to create a main of your choosing. So if you picked a female lead then it was possible for your character to end up in bed with a female team mate. This caused outcries from the less informed moral majority to ban Mass Effect

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Effect#Controversies

So it bemuses me that with the introduction of Mass Effect 2, why this issue has come back. Apparently the Gaming world is not read for Inter Species Lesbian Liaisons; however it’s perfectly acceptable to pull a Marines Head off and polish his skull up for a trophy as a Predator in Aliens vs. Predator released not soon after.

Grab the Bull By the Horns !!

When Movie Execs and cinema's whinge about piracy it always makes me want to bang my head against a wall when you see things like this

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8571186.stm

Lets have cinema release and on DVD in 2 months then people wont be downloading as muc (Please see previous post about taking a family to see a 3D film)

Then maybe just maybe i wont have to watch that stupid film industry clip thanking me for paying to see this film. Wonder how much "Gavin" from Gavin and Stacey got paid for that one

And to complete the Predators Pant Wetting ....

More Predators Pant Wetting

http://www.totalfilm.com/features/predators-everything-we-know/it-s-been-15-years-in-the-making

I dont Know What it is . . but its weird and pissed off !!

The Thing Prequel Updates
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=27334

http://www.totalfilm.com/news/casting-news-from-the-thing-prequel/?ns_campaign=total_film&ns_mchannel=email-n&ns_source=www.totalfilm.com&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0

I've Just Wet myself with Excitement

Lets face it after the Drivel that was AvP:Requiem,  I was always going to be dubious about another Predator film but with the line up and director behind Predators im now wishing August was upon me.

If that wasnt exciting enough its back in the Jungle

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1424381/

Green Zone? More Beige Zone

Right don’t get me wrong this film is ok and if you want a DVD on a Friday night then this will do fine. However I was expecting much more from the Damon/Greengrass collaboration.

After Bourne this is refreshing to see Damon as a normal man and not an ubersolider. This is emphasised through out the film as he gets his ass kicked. Nonetheless from the opening WMD search you know where this film is going unless you haven’t read a newspaper in the past 10 years.

There are some nice touches with Brendan Gleeson been the stand out CIA man complete with a dubious American accent and Freddie the Translator. However the rest of Damon’s Team Seem to be faceless marines with no real back-story.

I think the real issue is that Iraq has become the new Vietnam but where as Vietnam movies relived the nostalgia of a war fought over a decade before these films seem too soon to be revelling in the politics of it all.

The Hurt Locker was different, demonstrating the adrenaline fuelled life that soldiers have to follow to only to come back to the real world of choosing what cereal you want for breakfast. Politics was not the issue society was.